Essential Conditions for Technology Integration

This article definitely encompassed the ten essential conditions and probably even more. They used the available resources and made sure everyone was able to participate. As I read through the article, I started to think about students without an internet connection or students with disabilities. As I continued on, they gave explanations of how they handled that situation, such as putting information onto an audio CD and making other adaptations to meet the students’ needs.

I believe the teachers were very well trained and knowledgeable in their area of content and technology to initiate such a task within their classroom. They also had many resources like special education teachers, professors, and authors who joined their discussions. Their community support grew to bigger proportions. One story in particular mentioned a man from Spain commenting on her work. It is very important to hear all sides so you get a different insight on topics. I also feel like it bridged the gap between America and international students (the one where we are so behind and we’re not as smart as the rest of the world).

After I read through the article, I went back once more with the table and check off every example I saw. These projects were a great asset. Students learned a lot and benefited greatly from the incorporation of technology in the curriculum and the administrators did an excellent job incorporating all ten of the essential conditions for technology integration.

I love how technology is making things easier but I’m afraid it’s moving to the isolation period where people don’t interact face to face. You cannot express emotion or explain how you really feel through text. Things get out of hand because of the way people read/interpret the message; they don’t know the writer’s tone.